president left his hotel. not seen by the following cameras but scattered by secret service agent larry buendorf was a hand with a gun in it coming through the crowd. the commotion erupted. secret service agents forced the assailant to the ground and handcuffed her. she was identified as 27-year-old lynnette alice fromme, one of the earliest followers of charles manson involved in the tate la bianca murders of 1969. about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes that he has new rules. they want to do one big thing that s going to get the nation s attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret service men wrestle her to the ground and squeaky s first words were, can you believe the gun didn t go off? following your own close brush with death in sacramento i
a hand with a gun in it coming through the crowd. the commotion erupted. secret service agents forced the assailant to the ground and handcuffed her. she was identified as 27-year-old lynnette alice fromme, one of the earliest followers of charles manson involved in the tate la bianca murders of 1969. about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie writes he has new rules. they want to do one big thing that s going to get the nation s attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground and squeaky s first words were, can you believe the gun didn t go off? following your own close brush with death in sacramento i wonder if this has convinced you all that we need tough gun legislation in this country?
if you spit in my face and smack me in the mouth and throw me in solitary confinement for nothing, what do you think is going to happen when i get out? he has been denied parole 12 times. and since his conviction for the tate-labianca murders, manson has been convicted of two other killings and is suspected in 26 more. despite it all, manson still has supporters on the outside. it s not surprising to me, because he became the epitome of evil. i don t think people realize the access that he now has. get with it. he has these people on the outside that are devoted to him. still. they re still out there. out there and neiswender believes ready to take orders.
co-defendants were sentenced to death. we put on a monumental amount of evidence against each defendant. finally, for the prosecutor and others involved with the case, there was closure. or so he thought. i m driving the car, turn on the radio. the u.s. supreme court has set aside the death penalty for everyone on death row around the country. it was about 600 people. 600 prisoners, including all of those convicted of the tate-labianca murders. manson, the three girls and tex watson who was tried separately. spared death, manson would spend his life in prison. he doesn t mind prison. that s his home. so he s gotten away, in a large sense, with murder. the victims families were enraged.